On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Great. Here is Khan's draft along with some information on AOO >> language support: >> >> >> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=international_mother_language_day_2014 >> >> If there are any corrections please get them ASAP. I'd like to go >> live with in 4 hours or so. >> >> -Rob >> >> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam >> <kman...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Here is my blog draft:On International Mother Language Day the UN's >> > Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and UN >> agencies >> > participate in events that promote linguistic and cultural diversity. >> They >> > also encourage people to maintain their knowledge of their mother >> language >> > while learning and using more than one language. Governments and >> > non-governmental >> > organizations may use the day to announce policies to encourage language >> > learning and support. You can visit >> > http://www.internationalmotherlanguageday.com/ to know about worldwide >> > #IMLD events. >> > The Apache OpenOffice project is proud to help commemorate International >> > Mother Language Day on February 21. Read more about why this day is >> > important, how OpenOffice supports linguistic diversity, and how you can >> > help.Why February 21 was chosen? >> > >> > February 21st was declared as International Mother Language >> > Day<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day >> >(IMLD) >> > by UNESCO. IMLD originated as the international recognition of >> > Language Movement Day, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh >> (formerly >> > East Pakistan) since 1952, when a number of Dhaka university students >> were >> > killed by the Pakistani police and army in Dhaka during the Bengali >> > Language Movement < >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement>. >> > This is the only event where people gave their lives to preserve the >> > independence of using their mother language. >> > To remember them there is a monument named Language Martyr's Monument >> (Shahid >> > Minar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaheed_Minar,_Dhaka>) in Dhaka >> > University, Bangladesh. Every year more than a million people give >> flowers >> > there. This is a big event in Bangladesh. Many foreigners visit >> Bangladesh >> > just to experience the way the Bangladeshi people give respect to those >> > brave hearts. Every town of Bangladesh has a Language Martyr's Monument, >> > where local people give flowers. A Language Martyr's Monument is also >> > built in Ikebukoro park of Tokyo, Japan. There are also Language >> Martyr's >> > Monument in USA, UK, Italy and many other countries. Please think about >> > your Mother Language not only on February 21 but also on other days. >> > >> > >> > With Best Regards, >> > Khan Md. Anwarus Salam >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org >> >wrote: >> > >> >> On 17/02/2014 Khan Md. Anwarus Salam wrote: >> >> >> >>> Like last year, I can write a blog post about IMLD and the history >> behind >> >>> it. >> >>> >> >> >> >> We are now very close to the deadline, so if you can write something we >> >> can look into publishing it, even though I'm not sure whether there >> will be >> >> enough time to complete it with some information about the OpenOffice >> >> language support. If someone can help with that, we could have a nice >> post. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Andrea. >> >> >> > > "This site's security certificate has expired!" > "Ikebukoro park" -> "Ikebukoro Park" Aside from that, would it be desirable to mention how any language can be developed for AOO, even as an independent effort?
